2003-2005 Member, National Commission for Women 26 May 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs 26 May 2014 onwards Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry June 2014 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 17 June 2016) July 2016Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation :

Travel, trekking, music and cooking

Countries Visited

Thailand ,ASEAN – India Expo August 2017; Switzerland Meeting with DG,WTC China, BRICS Trade ministers meeting July 2017; Russia St Petersburg International Economic Forum France, Informal Gathering of WTO members on the sidelines of OECD HCH June 2017; Vietnam, 3rd Intersessional RCEP negotiations Morocco, 5th Session of India – Morocco JCH Germany, 4th Inter Governmental Consultation May 2017; Italy for Joint Commission meeting in May 2017; Bilateral visit to Japan in April 2017; Bilateral visit to Cyprus in February 2017; Davos to represent India in World Economic Forum in January 2017; Philippines to participate in the 2nd Intersessional Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting in November, 2016; Bhutan for signing of the agreement on Trade, Commerce &Transit between India & Bhutan in November, 2016; Srilanka to attend Bilateral Meeting in September, 2016; Canada to attend annual ministerial dialogue in September, 2016; Norway to attend WTO Trade Ministers Meeting in October, 2016; Russia to attend the INNOPROM-2016 in July, 2016; Myanmar for the India-Myanmar Business conclave in May 2016; Paris (France) to attend Informal Gathering of the WTO Ministers in June, 2016; Brussels and London to participate in India EU Summit and Bilateral meeting with EU in March-April, 2016; San Francisco to attend Fortune Global Forum - 2015 in November, 2015; Nairobi (Kenya) to attend WTO Ministerial Conference 2015 in December, 2015; Minsk (Belarus) to participate in the seventh Session of India-Belarus Inter-Governmental Commission for Economic, Trade, Industrial, Scientific & Cultural Cooperation and bilateral meeting in Sept. 2015; New York and San Jose(USA) to participate in meetings as part of delegation being led by Prime Minister of India in September 2015; Kualalumpur (Malaysia) to participate in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Inter-sessional Ministerial and Bilateral Meeting in July and August 2015; Algeria, India Algeria JCM in May 2015; Australia to attend the Trade Ministers Meeting of G-20 held in Sydney in July, 2014, and to attend the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting of G-20 held in Cairns in September, 2014; Brazil, as a Member of the Prime Minister's Delegation to the 6th BRICS Summit held in Fortaleza in July, 2014; China, as a Member of the Vice-President of India's Delegation in June, 2014; Taiwan and U.S.A., as a Member of Party Delegation in March, 2009 and July, 2012 respectively; U.K., as a Member of International Jury in March, 2007

OTHER INFORMATION

Member, National Executive, B.J.P., since 2008; National Spokesperson, B.J.P., 2010-2014